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PublisherSTATE University of New York Press

ISBN-100873953665

ISBN-139780873953665

eBay Product ID (ePID)922568

Product Key Features

Number of Pages388 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameGleanings in Europe : the Rhine

SubjectGeneral, American / General

Publication Year1986

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, History

AuthorJames Fenimore Cooper

SeriesThe Writings of James Fenimore Cooper Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight24.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN86-014402

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal914.340473

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Illustrations Historical Introduction Preface Gleanings in Europe: The Rhine Explanatory Notes Appendix A. Bentley's Analytical Table of Contents Appendix B. Guide to Parallet Passages in Cooper's Journals and the Cooper Edition Textual Commentary Textual Notes Emendations Word-Division Index

SynopsisGleanings in Europe: The Rhine is an account of James Fenimore Cooper's travels in Europe at the time of the 1832 revolt in Paris, when he hoped General Lafayette would be declared President of France and when all of Europe was the stage for the morality play of French politics. Published in 1836 after General Lafayette's death, the book is, in part, an apologia for Lafayette, Cooper's ideal political man. Thus it is essential reading for understanding the development of Cooper's political ideas and his ideas about the nature of American culture. In The Rhine, Cooper deepens his skill at picturesque description of landscape and extends the range of the picturesque to include cityscapes. The complex relations between visual objectives and ideas reverberates throughout the book, whether Cooper is commenting on the public gardens of Heidelburg, a private Alpine landscape, or, especially, the garden at Lafayette's home. With American landscapes and politics always in the background for comparison, Cooper surveys the order of life in Europe and asks for a more liberal and humane political order in Europe and a more human and cultivated social order in America., Gleanings in Europe: The Rhine is an account of James Fenimore Cooper's travels in Europe at the time of the 1832 revolt in Paris, when he hoped General Lafayette would be declared President of France and when all of Europe was the stage for the morality play of French politics.Published in 1836 after General Lafayette's death, the book is, in part, an apologia for Lafayette, Cooper's ideal political man. Thus it is essential reading for understanding the development of Cooper's political ideas and his ideas about the nature of American culture.In The Rhine, Cooper deepens his skill at picturesque description of landscape and extends the range of the picturesque to include cityscapes. The complex relations between visual objectives and ideas reverberates throughout the book, whether Cooper is commenting on the public gardens of Heidelburg, a private Alpine landscape, or, especially, the garden at Lafayette's home.With American landscapes and politics always in the background for comparison, Cooper surveys the order of life in Europe and asks for a more liberal and humane political order in Europe and a more human and cultivated social order in America.

LC Classification NumberDD801.R74C63 1986

Text byGeracht, Maurice, Philbrick, Thomas